Association Deltametropolis and partners invite you to join our 3-day | Metropolitan Field Trip Brussels: cooperation or competition for space? |. Brussels houses European institutions and also has a....

Brussels houses the European Parliament and has vivid ethnic quarters, but also (former) problem areas like the Canal Zone. How is Brussels developing all these locations? We'll see in our 7th Metropo...

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call for entry for AFFR2015 is now online. You can enter at Filmfreeway or at the form on our website. It's open from March 15 to June 15.

Events

An introduction evening on Zürich and it’s urban developments. Zürich is a leading global city and among the world’s largest financial centers; most of Switzerland’s research and development centres are concentrated here. But at the same time it is the place where one of the first fablabs in Europe was situated, where new small enterprises […]

This week the Rotterdam Maaskant Prize will be awarded to landscape architect Piet Oudolf, who is known for his garden and landscape designs, among others the High Line in New York. There are currently two films in production on the work of Piet Oudolf, at least one of them will be shown during the AFFR […]

Food Markets – In the Belly of the City: Budapest (Stefano Tealdi, 2013) (English and Hongarian (dubbed in English)) On the occassion of the opening of the Rotterdam Markhal we screen a documentary about the Central Market Hall of Budapest. Lesser known then the Istanbul bazar or La Boqueria in Barcelona, but maybe even more […]

Topics

Our mission is to look for the soul of the city. Many topics are relevant in that search. Here you find our most important fields of interest. Just browse and enjoy the stories. Feel free to send us yours!

Rotterdam has many old canals (‘singels’). The city is restoring them based on the ‘Singelplan’.The Bergsingel and the Noordsingel are the first of two singels that were restored after the original design of nineteenth century city architect Rose. As…

People are walking appr. 10% faster now than 10 years ago.
Photo: bricolage.108’s
The Quirkology Pace of Life Project does research on the pace of walking in big cities all over the world. The research shows that
people are…

The Nucleo de Arte got involved in an extraordinary project. About the importance of the artists’ centre to Maputo and Mozambique, and to reconciliation.
In workshops, members made works of art out of AK 47 machine guns, landmines and hand…

Media

To share our inspiration we use this website, new media such as the Inspiring Cities Facebook page where you can ‘like us’ to stay up to date, or the LinkedIn group of which you can become a member. Other methodologies we use are book reviews, interviews and films.

The soul is in Rotterdam Zuid, Afrikaanderplein and Beijerlandselaan in summer.
1. How do you describe Rotterdam to people in other countries. What are the qualities of the city. Why are they so good?
Rotterdam is second big city in…

Jacqueline Vermaat works for dS+V, the housing and planning department of the city of Rotterdam. She is head of the housing section. Jacqueline is also a notorious traveler to countries and cities all over the world. So she knows her…

Manager Urban renewal and Housing in Amsterdam, loves Feyenoord and Bert van Marwijk.
1. How do you describe Rotterdam to people in other countries. What are the qualities of the city. Why are they so good?
In a way Rotterdam…